Confessions of a Slow Cooker : A Fertility Podcast

IVF Mom : Ashlyne Blue
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Fertility is a such an interesting topic THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO TALK ABOUT ENOUGH. This podcast aims to change that. Maybe you grew up thinking you’d get pregnant if someone breathed on you the wrong way…until you started trying to actually get pregnant. Or maybe you felt guilty that you weren’t thrilled when you got pregnant and you and your partner weren’t trying at all. Maybe you felt the world tip over when you miscarried. IVF, surrogacy, egg donors, IUIs, loss, PCOS, endometriosis…it’s a lot. Hosted by IVF mom Ashlyne Blue, Confessions of a Slow Cooker is a place for anyone in search of radical candor, stories (the good and the harrowing), answers, tips, and resources to navigate journey to becoming a mother with the very women who lived/live to tell the tale.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 31: A Brain Tumor Couldn't Stop Her with Leigha Maher

    I say this a lot these days: your fertility story doesn't just start when you start trying. It could start in your childhood. It did for Leigha Maher...but she didn't know it until grad school when she learned she had a brain tumor. The successful removal had fertility implications (among many other health issues). Listen to this strong woman tell her story of a once-mysterious set of symptoms that led to finding a mass in her brain, a perilous surgery, lots and lots of recovery, a fertility journey and the three sons that would come from it, a life-long love story with her husband Aaron, and her push for advocacy when it comes to your body. To get in touch with Leigha: https://www.instagram.com/leigha.maher/ To get in touch with Ashlyne: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynehuffblue/ https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaslowcooker/ Website: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbatchsound.com

    Episode 31: A Brain Tumor Couldn't Stop Her with Leigha Maher

  2. Sep 22

    Episode 30: Donor Conceived & Now A Donor Himself with Daniel Bayen

    Sperm donation. Yeah, it has a connotation. You might have a movie scene in your mind and certain way you feel about it in general. But here at Confessions, we gotta talk about all sides of fertility and family building. Donor conceived himself, Daniel Bayen is an open sperm donor ("open" meaning his name is not withheld in records). He takes it so seriously, it's his entire career. He talks about his views on the whole process, how involved he is/isn't with his recipients, how he feels about a lot of topics like traditional sperm banks and other donors who don't seem to take it as seriously, and what it's like to have biological children all around the world. To get in touch with Daniel: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/donordan/?hl=en Open Donor Association: https://www.opendonorassociation.com To get in touch with Ashlyne: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynehuffblue/ https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaslowcooker/ Website: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbatchsound.com

    Episode 30: Donor Conceived & Now A Donor Himself with Daniel Bayen

  3. Sep 15

    Episode 29: Oh The Health Journey You'll Go On with Mackenzie Soderquist and Alex Leddy - Part 2

    If you heard last week's podcast, you already know the first half of Mackenzie's journey. We hope you enjoy the second! If you didn't hear last week's episode you really need to go back and listen or else this one won't totally make sense! To get in touch with Mackenzie: https://instagram.com//macksoderquist/ Holistic Fertility Institute and Dr. Aumatma Simmons: https://holisticfertilityinstitute.com/ Trilife Health and Kaylyn Wilson (My Functional NP in Fort Collins): https://trilifehealth.com/ Real Food For Fertility by Lily Nichols https://lilynicholsrdn.com/books/ To get in touch with Alex: http://www.alexleddyacupuncture.com To get in touch with Ashlyne: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynehuffblue/ https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaslowcooker/ Website: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbatchsound.com

    Episode 29: Oh The Health Journey You'll Go On with Mackenzie Soderquist and Alex Leddy - Part 2

  4. Sep 10 ·  Bonus

    Instant Take: Jennifer Newell On Her Adoption Journey

    It's all in the name...Slow Cooker Instant Takes is a shorter, sporadic bonus series featuring past guests who either have updates to their stories they want to share (i.e. we finally got pregnant or I have a new book out) or in this first case, if someone had something else he/she wanted to talk about that was not in their original episode. Today, Jennifer Newell talks about her adoption journey. Enjoy! To get in touch with Jennifer: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenn_newell/ The Connected Child: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071475001?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback To get in touch with Ashlyne: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: Ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com Instagram: @confessionsofaslowcooker | @ashlynehuffblue This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbactchsound.com

    Instant Take: Jennifer Newell On Her Adoption Journey

  5. Sep 8

    Episode 28: Oh The Health Journey You'll Go On with Mackenzie Soderquist and Alex Leddy - Part 1

    At any point during Mackenzie's journey, she could have said "screw this". A lot of us would have, to be honest. This is part 1 of a very complicated journey to pregnancy. It involves Lyme disease, vaccine injury, norovirus, a parasite, COVID, irregular and non-existent periods, lots of doctors, IVF, a death in the family, a wedding and MORE...and yet, she stuck through it. And now she's 36 weeks pregnant as of this episode's release date. Joining us again (because she's Mackenzie's acupuncturist too) is Alex Leddy, who was part of Mackenzie's health care team––a big part. You might be thinking...it's already a longer episode and there are TWO? Yes. It's worth it though. There are so many of us out there who wonder if we should just quit. And Mackenzie's story is the perfect example of why you might want to stick it out and try another thing. And then maybe another. To get in touch with Mackenzie: https://instagram.com//macksoderquist/ Holistic Fertility Institute and Dr. Aumatma Simmons: https://holisticfertilityinstitute.com/ To get in touch with Alex: http://www.alexleddyacupuncture.com To get in touch with Ashlyne: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: Ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com Instagram: @confessionsofaslowcooker | @ashlynehuffblue This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbactchsound.com

    Episode 28: Oh The Health Journey You'll Go On with Mackenzie Soderquist and Alex Leddy - Part 1

  6. Sep 1

    Episode 27: Test Don't Guess with Dr. Alicia Newsome

    Your fertility journey starts way before you start trying. The same body that carries you through all the other moments of your life will be the one you rely on to do what you want it to do while TTC...so why not learn what's under the hood as soon as you can? Dr. Alicia Newsome is a functional doctor who specializes in women's health (fertility, hormones, fibroids, endometriosis, overall health). Her motto is all about finding out exactly what's under the hood, not just putting a bandaid on a symptom for short term relief. Listen (or watch) this conversation if you want really good information about how you can approach your health from the inside out AND if you want some laughs. They giggle a lot for people who have one had one short conversation before this taping :) To get in touch with Dr. Newsome: https://www.dralicianewsome.com Worthy of Rest book:https://go.dralicianewsome.com/checkout-worthy-of-rest To get in touch with Ashlyne: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynehuffblue/ https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaslowcooker/ Website: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbactchsound.com Email: ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com

    Episode 27: Test Don't Guess with Dr. Alicia Newsome

  7. Aug 25

    Episode 26: You're Not Late with Tiffany Robertson

    Not everyone arrives at their IVF journey for the same reason. Not everyone has issues in the traditional way. Take Tiffany Robertson for example: her husband had had a vasectomy years before they got married in his first marriage, and they had the option of trying a risky resersal or going the IVF route. IVF it was. But not going the traditional route can have an interesting under belly. For instance, Tiffany tended to downplay her IVF experience because it wasn't as traumatic as others. Obviously Ashlyne tries to talk her out of that! Listen to a beautiful conversation with a strong Southern woman whose challenges and experiences have made her who she is today. Oh, and she was divorced like Ashlyne was around the same time, so they talk about navigating that a lot. If you'd like to get in touch with Tiffany, please reach out to Ashlyne. ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com The book Tiffany mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830784373?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback To get in touch with Ashlyne: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynehuffblue/ https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaslowcooker/ Website: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbactchsound.com

    Episode 26: You're Not Late with Tiffany Robertson

  8. Aug 18

    Episode 25: Listen To Your Body For A Change with Amy Dave

    Information and knowledge, and therefore sound advice and prescriptions, well they come from knowing and testing a hypothesis. In other words, you might be giving–or getting–less than accurate advice on things that haven't been fully tested, thought through, or realized. Is that jumbled sounding? If it is, I apologize. Physicians Assistant Amy Dave learned this the hard way. As a PA, she'd been telling women PMS and bloating and all the things were normal. After all, she experienced them too. But after surviving cancer (twice), going through IVF (two sons), and having a miracle third son, she realized her body was not optimized. Through her own personal research, she learned to listen to what her body needed and was already pleading for during each phase of her monthly cycle. By giving it what it actually needed vs. what culture or society or her inner monologue thought it should get, Amy was able to get rid of all of her monthly symptoms leading to a better Amy all around. (Even her kids noticed!) To get in touch with Amy: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewealthofwellnessllc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewealthofwellnessllc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-dave-pa-c-2461a3165/ Website: https://thewealthofwellness.com/ To get in touch with Ashlyne: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynehuffblue/ https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaslowcooker/ Website: https://www.confessionsofaslowcooker.com Email: ashlyne@confessionsofaslowcooker.com This audio and video podcast was produced, edited, and distributed by Small Batch Sound. https://www.smallbactchsound.com

    Episode 25: Listen To Your Body For A Change with Amy Dave
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Fertility is a such an interesting topic THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO TALK ABOUT ENOUGH. This podcast aims to change that. Maybe you grew up thinking you’d get pregnant if someone breathed on you the wrong way…until you started trying to actually get pregnant. Or maybe you felt guilty that you weren’t thrilled when you got pregnant and you and your partner weren’t trying at all. Maybe you felt the world tip over when you miscarried. IVF, surrogacy, egg donors, IUIs, loss, PCOS, endometriosis…it’s a lot. Hosted by IVF mom Ashlyne Blue, Confessions of a Slow Cooker is a place for anyone in search of radical candor, stories (the good and the harrowing), answers, tips, and resources to navigate journey to becoming a mother with the very women who lived/live to tell the tale.

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